The ACCC Regulatory Conference Evaluating the effectiveness of regulation was held on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 July 2004 at Sea World Nara Resort.

Conference papers and presentation slides

Session Presentations
Keynote address

Paul Kleindorfer - paper ( PDF 357.61 KB )

Paul Kleindorfer - slides ( PDF 527.75 KB )

Session 1: Market Power

Frank Wolak - Measuring Market Inefficiencies - paper ( PDF 495.78 KB )

Frank Wolak - Measuring Unilateral Market Power - paper ( PDF 50.1 KB )

Frank Wolak - Utility Industries - slides ( PDF 258.94 KB )

Alan Moran - Market Power in Australian Electricity - paper ( PDF 245.06 KB )

Alan Moran - slides ( PDF 104.76 KB )

Greg Houston - Utility Industries - slides ( PDF 4.19 MB )

Session 2: Dynamic Efficiencies

William G Shepherd - Access pricing, innovation and competition - paper ( PDF 107.44 KB )

William G Shepherd - Access pricing, innovation and competition - slides ( PDF 487.08 KB )

David Round - Shepherding Firms - slides ( PDF 303.85 KB )

Rod Shogren - Dynamic efficiencies and competition - paper ( PDF 207.87 KB )

Rod Shogren - Dynamic efficiencies and competition - slides ( PDF 53.17 KB )

Breakout session 1: Telecommunications

Martin Cave - Competition in a IP World - slides ( PDF 544.21 KB )

Henry Ergas - paper ( PDF 204.08 KB )

Henry Ergas - Issues arising from communication - slides ( PDF 569.48 KB )

Rosemary Sinclair - Regulation and communication - slides ( PDF 321.77 KB )

Breakout session 1: Electricity

Jamie Carstairs - Regulatory and Institutional Framework - paper ( PDF 637.95 KB )

Jamie Carstairs - Regulatory and Institutional Framework - slides ( PDF 651.87 KB )

Frank Wolak - Investment and Access - slides ( PDF 159.32 KB )

John Howarth - Regulatory and Institutional Framework - paper ( PDF 149.84 KB )

John Howarth - Investment and Regulation - slides ( PDF 207.38 KB )

Breakout session 2: Postal services

Martin Cave - Efficiency of competition - paper ( PDF 191.42 KB )

Martin Cave - Structural separation and pricing - slides ( PDF 377.2 KB )

Paul Kleindorfer - Postal sector - slides ( PDF 203.99 KB )

Gary Lee - Competition in Postal Services - paper ( PDF 106.96 KB )

Gary Lee - Competition in Postal Services - slides ( PDF 176.37 KB )

Breakout session 2: Gas

Glenn Booth - Natural Gas Pipeline Regulation - slides ( PDF 7.14 MB )

Bill Nagle - Improving gas access regulation - paper ( PDF 197.08 KB )

Bill Nagle - Improving gas access regulation - slides ( PDF 204.97 KB )

Paul Balfe - Impacts of access regulation - slides ( PDF 1.43 MB )

Session 3: New Zealand experience

Paula Rebstock - paper ( PDF 152.12 KB )

Ross Patterson - paper ( PDF 225.83 KB )